Manufacturing Engineering Technician

Chandler, AZ, United States Position Summary The Manufacturing Engineering Technician provides hands-on production support to Manufacturing Engineers and production associates. This role helps keep manufacturing operations running by ensuring tooling readiness, maintaining clear manufacturing instructions, training operators, collecting process data, and supporting continuous improvement. The technician performs work under the direction of Manufacturing Engineering and communicates production issues and improvement recommendations to engineers.

The initial primary assignment is Building 24 at the Chandler site. The technician must also support Manufacturing Engineers and production teams in other Chandler buildings as business needs require. This individual contributor reports to Phil Kelman and receives daily functional direction from the Manufacturing Engineer supporting the assigned production area.

Responsibilities
• Verify that production tooling is available, correct for the operation, in usable condition, and within its approved calibration status. Identify tooling shortages, damage, or upcoming calibration needs and coordinate timely resolution.
• Coordinate tooling inventory, purchase and fabrication requests, repairs, replacements, and calibration activities with the appropriate teams. Ensure tools are ready for production in accordance with approved requirements.
• Assist Manufacturing Engineers with tooling and fixture design and implementation. Handle routine tooling support within established procedures; escalate new designs and engineering decisions for Manufacturing Engineer review and approval.
• Work with production associates to identify and correct issues in manufacturing procedures and visual work instructions. Modify and update documentation through the established document-change process.
• Review approved manufacturing instructions with operators, demonstrate process steps and proper equipment/tool use, and help train new or developing associates. Reinforce process adherence and promptly address or escalate incorrect practices and production concerns.
• Support and help lead smaller process-improvement activities under Manufacturing Engineering direction. Gather shop-floor ideas and assist with Lean, Kaizen, standard work, and other continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Collect, report, and perform initial analysis of production and process data. Summarize findings and communicate recommendations to Manufacturing Engineers to support equipment evaluation, process performance, and defect reduction.
• Generate engineering work orders and support production-readiness reviews, project kickoff actions, engineering studies/experiments, and engineering or pre-production builds.
• Assist Manufacturing Engineers with process failure mode and effects analysis, process hazard analysis, and statistical process control activities as trained.
• Support welding-related tooling, operator training, and weld sectioning/evaluation activities as qualified and directed, helping identify and reduce production defects.
• Collaborate with production supervisors/leads, operators, Manufacturing Engineers, and integrated product teams. Provide support across Chandler buildings and perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least two years of related manufacturing, production, or technical experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of production equipment, tooling, manufacturing procedures, and work instructions, with the ability to recognize process problems and resolve or appropriately escalate them.
• For the initial Building 24 assignment, demonstrated capability to perform the area’s manufacturing processes and explain proper process and…